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Arrangement of a first and a second furnishingRelated Patent Categories: Aeronautics And Astronautics, Aircraft Structure, Fuselage And Body ConstructionArrangement of a first and a second furnishing description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060202085, Arrangement of a first and a second furnishing. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of United States Provisional Patent Application No. 60/658,125 filed Mar. 03, 2005, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to an arrangement. In particular, the present invention relates to an arrangement of a first furnishing and a second furnishing, as well as a means of transportation. [0003] In commercial transports, in particular means of transportation, providing passengers with sufficient comfort in the transport is often a concern. Sufficient comfort for the passengers means a sufficiently large space offered which may be occupied by the passengers. [0004] A generous and roomy design of an interior makes an especially pleasant impression on the passengers. A compromise must often be made, since every available space and/or any arbitrary surface may not be used for placing passenger seats or making an occupancy area for passengers. Thus, for example, emergency exits must be kept free and may not be considered in the planning, for positioning passenger seats, for example. In addition, extensive safety and supply devices must be placed, because of which further space is not available. [0005] There are furnishings, such as flight attendant seats, which must only be used during the takeoff and landing phases of an aircraft. [0006] A flight attendant folding chair arrangement, which is attached to the wall of an aircraft cabin using multiple individual holders, is known from the U.S. Pat. No. 4,460,215. Moreover, a cabin attendant seat of thin profile, which folds together automatically when the occupant stands up, is known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,594,037. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] Amongst other things, it may be an object of the present invention to provide a space-saving arrangement of furnishings. [0008] This object maybe achieved by an arrangement of a first and a second furnishing and by a means of transportation having a corresponding arrangement having the features according to the independent claims. [0009] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an arrangement of a first and a second furnishing is provided, wherein at least one part of the first furnishing being movable in the direction of the second furnishing, and wherein at least one part of the second furnishing being movable to free a space to receive the at least one part of the first furnishing. [0010] According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a means of transportation having an arrangement comprising the features described above is provided. [0011] It may happen that in partitioned spaces, only limited space is available because of the spatial delimitation. In spite of this, it may be necessary to house different furnishings on this limited available space or room. Furnishings may, for example, be monuments, interior furnishing components, seats, particularly passenger seats, a partition wall, a safety or supply unit, or other furnishings for the aircraft interior. [0012] It may be that a first furnishing is to be movable. Due to the movement, a space or room requirement for the first furnishing may be greater than for a corresponding statically attached first furnishing. The additional room requirement arises because of the deflection which is caused by the movement of at least one part of the first furnishing. [0013] For example, a first furnishing may be seat, particularly a passenger seat. A seat may have a seat surface and a backrest. For a seat, particularly a reclining seat, the seat may have two operating position or modes of operation. A first operating position may be a seated position having an upright backrest, while a second operating position may be a rest position. The rest position may make it possible for the user to assume a reclining position on the seat in a relaxed posture. In this case, the backrest may be folded down to recline. An additional clearance zone may be necessary for the movement of the backrest. [0014] An additional clearance zone may be necessary if a second furnishing is positioned so close to the seat that in the second operating position, the seat, in particular the rest, and the second furnishing do not obstruct one another. Upon a deflection of the seat in the direction of the second furnishing, the proximal arrangement of the second furnishing may obstruct the deflection of the rest. [0015] The space or clearance zone required for the movement, inclination, or deflection of the backrest may result from the dimensions of the seat. For example, at a height of the backrest of approximately 1100 mm, a space of approximately 150 to 230 mm may be necessary. [0016] However, the required clearance zone may be occupied by the second furnishing, for example. The second furnishing may be a partition wall or a flight attendant seat or another monument and/or furnishing element, for example. However, it may be that the second furnishing claims a space and/or clearance zone which would be required for the movement, particularly the pivot and/or inclination movement of a backrest. It may be, however, that the second furnishing must be installed in this obstructing position in order not to block exits, particularly emergency exits and/or areas or surfaces to be kept free. [0017] If the first furnishing, particularly the seat rest, moves toward the second furnishing, such as a flight attendant seat or a partition wall having a flight attendant seat, at least a part of the second furnishing may be movable to free a space for receiving the first furnishing, particularly a part of the first furnishing. In other words, this means that, for example, the second furnishing frees a space which the first furnishing requires. The space or room may be any arbitrary spatial volume perpendicular to the base of the second furnishing in this case. [0018] The space and/or room may be a partial space or three-dimensional partial volume of the room required by the second furnishing. This room may be positioned perpendicular to the base of the second furnishing. The first furnishing and/or a part of the first furnishing may penetrate into this new, freed clearance zone after the space is freed by the second furnishing. [0019] Therefore, a chronological use of the first and second furnishings may be taken into consideration. In this case, time is mapped to a use of the different modes of operation. The two modes of operations of the seats may not occur simultaneously. [0020] For example, the first furnishing may be a flight attendant seat and the second furnishing may be a passenger seat having an at least partially foldable back part and/or a backrest. Particularly in an aircraft and/or in an internal area of an aircraft fuselage, there may be different uses of the flight attendant seat and/or passenger seat at different times. During takeoff and landing, the backrest of the passenger seat should be placed upright. This may be a first mode of operation, for example. During takeoff and landing, the cabin personnel take their places on the flight attendant seats. A flight attendant seat may have a back area, in particular a partition wall, which projects into a spatial area of the aircraft interior. [0021] During the flight, it may occur that the flight attendant seats are not used. The flight attendants normally pursue their activities during the flight. Therefore, their flight attendant seats remain free. During the flight phase, the passengers may be allowed to adjust the backrests of their seats. In particular, an inclination of the backrest may be desired for a rest and/or sleep phase. If the flight attendant seat and the passenger seat are close together, the inclination of the backrest may be obstructed by the space claimed by the flight attendant seat. Continue reading about Arrangement of a first and a second furnishing... Full patent description for Arrangement of a first and a second furnishing Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Arrangement of a first and a second furnishing patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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